Ironing-table structure



. Jan. 22 1924. Y 1,481,528

B. F. BAIN IRONING TABLE STRUGEPURE' Filed March 4. i922 I INVENTOR. F' 'fl AT RNEY M] I g mfl W1 I lation, one of the supports being provided.

Patented .lan. 22, 1924..

entree stares SUPILY AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,'A

CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA;

IRONING-TABLE STRUCTURE.

Application filed March 4:, 1922. Serial No. 541,191.

To all whomit may concern:

I Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. BAIN, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered the new, useful, and improved Ironing-Table Structure, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved ironing board structure which however, though advantageously applicable to ordinary domestic use, is more particularly designed for embodiment in a toy.

Generally speaking, my invention consists in an ironing board supported by a pair of substantially duplicate supports formed of more or less resilient metal and adapted to be disposed in crossed or intersecting relawith sockets which are sprung into engagement with corresponding projections of the other support, and the upper ends of the supports being provided with lateral projections which are sprung into engagement with sockets on the ironing board; whereby the ironing board is supported firmly in a horizontal position, while the structure may be erected or knocked down in almost an in stant.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1

an elevation showing the improved ironing table structure set up; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing one of the supports; vFig. 3 is a side view of the other support, and Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the ironing board itself.

The following is a detailed description of the drawings.

A represents the ironing board proper, preferably a wooden board of the proper size and cut to resemble in shape a domestic ironing board.

To the under side of said board are attaclied a pair of spaced apart, transversely disposed metal cleats .1 whose ends are downturned to form the brackets 2 which are pierced with holes 3 to form sockets. These cleats may be secured to the ironing board form tongues 8 which are inserted through slots 9 in the legs and riveted in place.

Itis evident that the intermediate portions of the legs between the braces maybe sprung together orapart to a material degree, as also may the upper ends of the legs.

' Intermediate of their ends, and preferably somewhat above their centers, the material of legs 5 of the support B is cut and struck inwardly to form the projections or trunnions 10 which are intended to be sprung inwardly into engagement with similarly placed socket holes 11 in the legs of the support G when the legs are assembled in the intersecting relation shown in Fig. 1.

The upper ends of the legs of the two supports are provided with angular projections or tongues 12 which preferably extend inwardly and are adapted to be sprung into engagement with the socket 3 in the brackets 2.

In assembling the structure, the upper and narrower end of the support C is inserted between the legs 5 and between the braces 6 and .7 of said support B, and the intermediate portions of the legs 5 of the said supportC resiliency of th legs of the supports holding.

the projections and sockets in snug engagement. The board A is now laid across the upper ends of the supports Band C and the upper ends ofthe legs of said supports are 111 turn sprung outwardly so that the project-ions 12 will register with the sockets 3,

and then released, permitting the projections to be sprung into snug engagement with said sockets.

The result is that the board and the upper portions of the supports form a triangular truss structure of great'strength and rigidity, and also possessed of great stability owing to the downward spread of the legs" of the support.

When it is desired to take down the structure, the upper ends of the legs 5 are forced outwardly to disengage the projections 12 from the sockets 3, thus releasing the board A which is lifted 5, and the intermediate portions of the legs 5. of the support C are.

pressed together to disengage the projections 10 from the sockets 11, and the support C is then drawn out from between the legs of the support B. The board A and the supports B and C can then be laidorpacked flat together, occupying but little room and requiring a small flat box for packing.

It is evident that my improved ironing table structure forms a most attractive and useful toy, owingto its graceful appearance, its strength and stability, the ease with which it can be set up and taken down, and the small and convenient compass within which itmay be packet.

What I desire to claim is:

1. An ironing table structure comprising a board detachably' mounted ona pair of resilient supports disposed in crossed relation, one of said supports being provided with projections which are sprung laterally into engagement wit h corresponding sockets in the other support, and the upper ends of said supports being provided with angular projections which are sprung laterally into engagement with sockets on said board, for the purposes described.

2. An ironing table structure comprising aboard provided with sockets on its under surface and a pair of resilient metal supports each consisting of a pair of legs, the legs of one of said supports being provided with angular projections while the legs of the other support are provided with corresponding sockets, whereby one of said supports may be inserted laterally through the other support and the projections sprung into engagement Vwith the corresponding sockets, and the upper ends of said legs being provided with integral angular projertions adapted to be sprung laterally into en gagement with the sockets on said board, for the purposes described.

Signed at Pittsburgh, Pa, this 1st day of March, 1922.

BENJAMIN F. BAI'N. 

